Receptacle



April 30; 1940.

FIG. 2

E. F. SMITH ET 1. 2,199,092

RECEPTACLE Filed Dec. 13, 1938 lNV EN TOR5 EARL E SMITH GUY KENNETH WILSON ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 30, 1940 :RECEPTACLE sta r. Smith and Guy Kenneth Wilson, Muncie,

7 Application December '13, es s e 0, 245,470

, I .I2C'laims. This invention relates to improvements in articles made of wire-reference being had especially to a device of this class which is intended for the receiving and holding of refuse such as fragmentan; quantities of paper,,rags, and the like which are to be disposed of as'by'burning. I I In a device of the above description and which is referred to as a receptacle, it is desirable that the closure thereof shall be dependable, easy to manipulate, not'liable to get out of order or repair, and that it will withstand the effects of the elements without material. injury or impairment. Also that it may be economical of manufacture, and neat in appearance; and that it will lend itself to economy andfacility in transportation, distribution, andmerchandising. n

To provide a receptacle affording the above named advantages as well as other benefits which will be apparent as the specification of our invention proceeds, is the object of our invention. The invention is'embodied in the new construction, combination and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing and described in the following specification. The several parts of the invention are identified by suitable characters of reference applied to-them in the different views in the drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of our improved receptacle, the closure members being in the reclined or open position; I

Figure 2 is an enlarged top plan view'of Figure 1, in the direction of arrow 2, in Figure '1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary enlarged view ofthe lug detail of the receptacle and the terminal por tions ofthe closure bows which are articulated therewith, as they appear in the status indicated in Figure l. 1 1 H Figure 4; is a side view of the top portion of the receptacle showing the relative-positions of the several parts when the closure members are in the expanded or covering position.

Figure 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 5 in Figure 4. v

Figure 6 is an enlarged view of the lug detail of the receptacle, and the terminal portions of the closure members which are articulated therewith, as they appear in the expanded position indicated in Figure 4.

The receptacle may be of the typical formation and construction as illustrated in the drawing. Upright wires I, I, spaced as shown, have their lower ends secured to a base ring 2, and at their upper ends they are secured to the substantial top ring and whichhereinafter, is designated as the rim of the receptacle.

(oi.[220 30)f e, .Interrn'ediateirings l, 8 and 9,;and to which the aforesaid upright wires are secured, staythe latter in'their spaced relation. A grating consists of wires ID, ID and i2 IZarranged and interconnected in spaced .criss cross relation, and which said wires are integrated at their ends with ring. M. "A seat for the saidfgrating consists of an internal ring. "5 which is supported by the upright wires at'such height as may be desired. At each of the diametrically opposite side portions 3 and 4 of the said rim, is secured a lug which embodies two arches and which are interrelated, one being designated as' the main arch ll, and the other, and which'is of lesser height, being designated; as the. secondary arch l8. These arches are so interrelated, that the leg of .the'secondaryarch is at position" between the vertical. axis and a leg of. the main arch. In 's'tructure the' said arches so embodied in this lug as above described, may consist of wires substantially as shown in the drawing, and which are integrated at their bottoms'to the rim of the re ceptacle, as by welding. Each of the said lugs is so positioned that the axis Le-L of the main arch is slightly offset from the axis R-R. of the receptacle, the reason for which will presently be referred to.

Each of similar cross members, which wedesige hate as bows, consists of a length of wire ofsemi-' circular bend, each terminal portion thereof being'looped as by an eye 2! into loose'engage ment'with the arch I1. I Slender chains ZZ'each of predetermined length and which interconnect the said bows, and a similar chain 23 which interconnects the lowermost bow 24 and the median portion 5 of the receptacle rim, constitute' eollapsible linkage which permits'of the bows being reposed one upon the other, as shown in Figure l and in Figure 3, and of their being movedito spaced positions as shown'iri Figure 4.'"One=of the outer bows, namely bow 24 is designated as thelowermost bow; and the other of the outer. bows, namely the bow 32 is designated as the uppermost bow. Loose on the uppermost bow is a connector member which preferably consists of a light chain 33 at whose free end is embodied a hook 34. This connector member 33 is of such length that when it is drawn toward, and its hook will have been engaged with the confronting median portion 6 of the receptacle rim, the said connector member 33 and the interconnecting members 22 and 23 are taut, as shown in Figure 4. It will be observed, in readingthe drawing at Figure 4, that the terminal portion of the uppermost bow 32 rests upon the arch l8, andthat its 

